Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
05-31-2013 | 01:30 PM
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5 days total next month where reserve coverage exceeds reserves required NYC-7ERA.
Summer is gonna be lucrative for the senior guys...
Summer is gonna be lucrative for the senior guys...
05-31-2013 | 01:36 PM
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"we'll get them next time."
Having a bunch of $ "available to us" in C2012 resulted in a concessionary contract.
Can't wait to see how much negotiating capital our "union" can pi$$ away next time.
05-31-2013 | 01:42 PM
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Heard to day from a reputable source: displacements off the 7er, more flying for the 88. Net plus. Small bid. Probably no 717 action on this one.
05-31-2013 | 01:44 PM
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05-31-2013 | 01:48 PM
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Yeah SD's Flight Ops Weekly Update is out on the subject.
FTB cliff notes: This AE and Surplus bid will make staffing adjustments for fall of 2013 and spring of 2014. Since the last AE they've received clarity from Network and thus will take this opportunity to adjust staffing accordingly focusing of course on 7ER, 88 and A320.
Conversions/training off this bid would be as early as July and completed by December of this year.
FTB cliff notes: This AE and Surplus bid will make staffing adjustments for fall of 2013 and spring of 2014. Since the last AE they've received clarity from Network and thus will take this opportunity to adjust staffing accordingly focusing of course on 7ER, 88 and A320.
Conversions/training off this bid would be as early as July and completed by December of this year.
05-31-2013 | 01:49 PM
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So maybe those A321s are coming in a hurry and we need fewer 7ER pilots because we need fewer 757 pilots?
05-31-2013 | 01:51 PM
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It could also be that they use a standard template for painting gates. In most airports these type functions are controlled by the airport authority and don't even involve Delta. If anyone thinks that Delta concluded a secret deal to purchase aircraft for near term delivery and went out and ordered ramps painted before anything else they are smoking something I need to get a hold of when I retire. The RFP's are for deliveries starting in 2015.
05-31-2013 | 01:58 PM
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And 4 in MSP, 2 in CVG and 2 in NYC. Of all of those (including FTB's above), 17 are 2nd GS of bid period and 2 are 3rd GS. Captains have 4 out of base/instructor GS's (CVG/MSP) and 2 IA's (those in MSP). This while we are still staffed at or close to what we had before the last AE chopped MSP88B by 30 and -A by 20. Maybe someone realized they were wrong and that explains the new AE?
Prediction: MD's out of 717 categories BACK into 88's!!
You THOUGHT you'd get the summer off ...
Prediction: MD's out of 717 categories BACK into 88's!!
You THOUGHT you'd get the summer off ...
Gentleman,
Mainline block hours are increasing. Why do you think Flight Ops has been begging to hire? I bet we see reserves not flying to ALV + 15, GSs flowing, and the metrics starting to suffer. Why do you think they have gone to uplinking numbers, single point disconnecting of the tow bars, and taxi time reductions? They know this summer will be tight staffing wise, and they're doing every little thing they can think of to help. Hiring is around the corner IMO.
05-31-2013 | 02:01 PM
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From: Light Chop
Gentleman,
Mainline block hours are increasing. Why do you think Flight Ops has been begging to hire? I bet we see reserves not flying to ALV + 15, GSs flowing, and the metrics starting to suffer. Why do you think they have gone to uplinking numbers, single point disconnecting of the tow bars, and taxi time reductions? They know this summer will be tight staffing wise, and they're doing every little thing they can think of to help. Hiring is around the corner IMO.
Mainline block hours are increasing. Why do you think Flight Ops has been begging to hire? I bet we see reserves not flying to ALV + 15, GSs flowing, and the metrics starting to suffer. Why do you think they have gone to uplinking numbers, single point disconnecting of the tow bars, and taxi time reductions? They know this summer will be tight staffing wise, and they're doing every little thing they can think of to help. Hiring is around the corner IMO.
05-31-2013 | 02:04 PM
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It could also be that they use a standard template for painting gates. In most airports these type functions are controlled by the airport authority and don't even involve Delta. If anyone thinks that Delta concluded a secret deal to purchase aircraft for near term delivery and went out and ordered ramps painted before anything else they are smoking something I need to get a hold of when I retire. The RFP's are for deliveries starting in 2015.
Sailing,
I agree 100% - lines painted at the gates don't mean squat. I just couldn't pass up the opportunity to take a shot at the seemingly never-ending codeshares/JVs.
By the way, if each individual codeshare or JV is good for DAL Pilots we should be hiring Pilots by the thousands with all of our code-shares, JV's and whatever it is our deal with Alaska is called.
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